Nov. 17, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A1
WASHINGTON – Forget about a farm bill, for now. An utterly stymied Senate on Friday failed to muster the votes needed to consider a $286 billion farm bill, making it …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1
Transforming the old, overgrazed Flying Arrow cattle ranch into a luxury playground for golfers ultimately will improve the quality of the meadows, streams and wildlife habitat, claim the developers of …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A1
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans Friday blocked the latest effort by Democrats to end the Iraq war, rejecting a $50 billion military funding package that would have required President Bush to …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2
WASHINGTON – Maybe he’ll bring the slide show. Former Vice President Al Gore plans to return to the White House after Thanksgiving, apparently for the first time since leaving office, …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3
A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday handed a major victory to the Bush administration, ruling that a lawsuit challenging the government’s warrantless wiretapping program could not go …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3
Hollywood film and TV writers who’ve been on a nearly two-week strike against studios will return to contract negotiations on Nov. 26, their union and producers said Friday. In a …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3
WASHINGTON – Rose Kramer was at her Dubuque, Iowa, home, waiting for the TV show “House” to start at 8 p.m. Tuesday when a pollster called and started asking her …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3
WASHINGTON – Soldiers strained by six years at war are deserting their posts at the highest rate since 1980, with the number of Army deserters this year showing an 80 …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf faces a stern warning from a top American diplomat today: end emergency rule or wreck landmark elections and risk undermining vital U.S. support. Musharraf made concessions …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Business on Page A10
WASHINGTON – Fannie Mae’s bookkeeping is drawing scrutiny from Wall Street – again. Three years after a stunning accounting scandal that forced it to restate earnings by $6.3 billion, the …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Business on Page A10
Eye-catching, lighted signs on pizza-delivery cars and scrolling, illuminated billboards on trucks driving state roads could catch the attention of law enforcement – and subject drivers to $124 fines, state …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Business on Page A10
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – A U.S.-Africa business summit ended Friday with a rebuke from Uganda’s president that the West was more interested in exploiting than nurturing the resources of …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Business on Page A10
NEW YORK – Gold necklaces, earrings and bracelets may be crossed off some gift lifts this holiday season. With gold close to $800 an ounce, these perennial presents may be …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Business on Page A10
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Many payday lending shops will be required by an industry trade group to put up small posters displaying their fees and interest rates. But one critic said …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Business on Page A11
NEW YORK – Wall Street ended a volatile week with a late-day comeback Friday after investors set aside some concerns about the banking sector and the health of the overall …

Nov. 17, 2007 in Business on Page A11
Chrysler LLC is considering wide-ranging branding changes that would streamline its product offerings and eliminate as many as 1,000 dealers, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. A plan under discussion …

Nov. 17, 2007 in City on Page B1
It was baby bedlam in Spokane County Superior Court, where judges presided over a record number of adoption proceedings on Friday, National Adoption Day. “I usually spend my day putting …

Nov. 17, 2007 in City on Page B1
Somehow the community absorbed almost all the residents from the Otis Hotel, the Commercial Building and the New Madison. Paranoia abounds when it comes to where the sex offenders went …

Nov. 17, 2007 in City on Page B1
Spokane County commissioners plan to balance their 2008 general-fund budget with a combination of rising sales tax revenue and limiting new expenditures. So far, only three new positions are included …